# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [March 25, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659 "2023-03-25T23:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 121
**Author:** ![SeaSun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seasun/32/14820_2.png) [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2401 "2023-07-29T02:27:04Z")
**Wordle 769 2/6** 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STORE ETHOS Lucky start word…couldn’t be anything else, though it took me a bit to see it. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2402 "2023-07-29T03:36:39Z")
Wordle 769 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CHIME HOTEL ETHOS ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2403 "2023-07-29T03:38:51Z")
Threes abound today! Wordle 769 3/6\* β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SPENT ETHOS > [@Rebo](#): > > I don’t like this word. It doesn’t seem to be a Wordle word, you know? I didn’t think DISCO was a Wordle word, but when I finally saw ETHOS, it was like a penny dropped. Funny how different words hit us. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2404 "2023-07-29T04:06:37Z")
Wordle 770 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SURLY CURLY I don’t check the prior word lists but I can remember back a week or so when BURLY was the answer so that left little choice on 3. ---
**Author:** ![QMatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/aeb1de/32.png) [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2405 "2023-07-29T06:28:08Z")
Wordle 770 4/6\* ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 VIOLA KNELT SULLY CURLY ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2406 "2023-07-29T07:42:21Z")
> **Wordle 770 5/6\* 7/29/2023** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > ETHOS β†’ Y’know, I looked at this and said, β€œnot a bad starting word.” At least today, silly me. Lets look for some vowels. > _R_AIN **Y** β†’ Got one. Only U left. Want to place the R, so… > F **UR** R **Y** β†’ There they go. Looks little traplike. Not BURLY, that was last week. MURKY? or maybe > **CUR** V **Y** β†’ Ah, darn. Should have been looking for something to use the L last guess… > **CURLY** > > The Scoredle β€œdouble up to place a letter” strategy pays off, even if I biffed the putt for birdie. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2407 "2023-07-29T08:29:43Z")
Wordle 770 4/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt B} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt E} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt A} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt D} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt M} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt P} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt V} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt C} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt U} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt L} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt Y} \\ \end{aligned} ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2408 "2023-07-29T08:31:48Z")
Wordle 770 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SALET ROUND CHIMP CURLY ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2409 "2023-07-29T11:04:55Z")
Wordle 770 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 640 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ 2 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE CURLY > [@Aspenglow](#): > > I didn’t think DISCO was a Wordle word, but when I finally saw ETHOS, it was like a penny dropped. Funny how different words hit us. πŸ™‚ I kinda blew a 2 with ETHOS. I was going to go with THOSE as my second guess, but didn’t because it had already been used. If I’d noticed ETHOS with the same set of letters as THOSE, I’d have probably gone with it on 2. I had no problem with DISCO, it went past being slang to just being another word decades ago. ---
**Author:** ![chiliwillybing](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chiliwillybing/32/12394_2.png) [@chiliwillybing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiliwillybing)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2410 "2023-07-29T12:07:40Z")
Wordle 770 3/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RAISE COURT CURLY ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2411 "2023-07-29T13:09:40Z")
Wordle 770 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PLANT ROLES LURID CURLY Same exact board as last week when it was burly. One of these days it will be lurid and I will have my 3! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2412 "2023-07-29T13:54:28Z")
Wordle 770 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART BROIL LURID - knowing I isn’t there, just looing to place the other L, R, and the obvious U CURLY ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2413 "2023-07-29T14:08:07Z")
Wordle 770 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STARE PROUD RUNIC CURVY CURLY ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2414 "2023-07-29T14:14:55Z")
Wordle 770 4/6\* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬› πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 EIGHT SLACK COLOR CURLY And I have curly hair! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2415 "2023-07-29T16:43:07Z")
Wordle 770 5/6 ⬜🟦⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟦⬜🟦⬜ 🟦🟧🟦⬜🟧 ⬜🟧⬜🟧🟧 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 PLANE SCOUT LUCKY GULLY - stupid CURLY ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2416 "2023-07-29T16:49:21Z")
A very lucky 3 for me today. I was still letter-testing when I got the right word. Wordle 770 3/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ¨ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 IRATE SCOUR CURLY WordleBot and I are never in agreement about when I’m lucky and when I’m not. I got big skillz points today, and it really was just pure luck. Silly bot. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2417 "2023-07-29T19:12:44Z")
Wordle 770 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦ β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ARIEL FLOUR SURLY CURLY Oh, a wise guy! _Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk_ A pretty mundane par. ARIEL improves slightly from 4.09 to 4.08. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2418 "2023-07-29T21:18:21Z")
Wordle 770 4/6\* β¬›πŸŸ¦β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 ALONE SMILY TRULY CURLY ---
**Author:** ![SeaSun](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seasun/32/14820_2.png) [@SeaSun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaSun)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2419 "2023-07-29T22:52:12Z")
**Wordle 770 3/6** ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR CURLY ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659/2420 "2023-07-30T02:34:08Z")
Wordle 770 3/6\* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 PETAL LIONS CURLY Very lucky today since there were 19 possible words after my 2nd guess, according to the bot. What I don’t get is WordleBot rating me at 88 for skill for the correct answer, and giving a rating of 99 for 2 wrong answers, BURLY and BULGY [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=120) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-2/981659.md?page=122)